[*] 107. Two sigmas brought together by inflection become ς: βέλεσι for βέλεσ-σι missiles, ἔπεσι for ἔπεσ-σι words (98), τελέσαι for τελέσ-σαι (from τελέω accomplish, stem τελεσ-).

a. σς when = ττ (78) never becomes ς.

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Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, chapter 107